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Immigration agency to buy electric shock gloves

Headline from Omaha World-Herald, from the development of Aug 13, 2026

Newest development Aug 15, 2026 · 2 reportsICE purchase of electric shock gloves prompts Democratic outrage

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The U.S.

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  1. ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

    Headline from 12News Now Beaumont ·

  2. ICE wants to give officers electric shock gloves — and critics say it's deeply troubling

    Headline from The Oregonian ·

  3. Homan defends ICE electric shock gloves as alternative to lethal force

    Headline from FOX 8 Cleveland ·

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    Immigration agency to buy electric shock gloves

    Headline from Omaha World-Herald ·

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    ICE purchase of electric shock gloves prompts Democratic outrage

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  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    ICE agents in Minneapolis, Minn., on Feb. 4, 2026.

  2. WKBN Youngstown

    AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    WKBN Youngstown's feed description

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

  3. HuffPost

    ICE Plans To Spend $20 Million To Give Officers Electric Shock Gloves (opens HuffPost)

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    HuffPost's feed description

    The manufacturer warns the gloves should not be used as punishment, against people merely exhibiting “verbal defiance or belligerence” or on high-risk populations.

  4. News Nation Now

    ICE earmarks $20M for electric-shock gloves (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    DHS sources confirm $20 million has been earmarked to equip ICE personnel with shock-emitting gloves.

  5. The Guardian

    ICE to spend up to $20m on gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    According to manufacturer, shock ‘is usually effective in bringing individuals into compliance in less than three seconds’ ICE plans to spend up to $20m (£15m) to purchase thousands of gloves for officers and agents that can deliver painful electric shocks by March, according to a notice published M…

  6. Just the News

    ICE agents may soon have gloves that can deliver electric shocks to combative individuals (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    To deliver the painful electric shock, they must be applied directly to someone's skin, which helps the officer gain compliance within seconds, according to the manufacturer.

  7. Foxlexington

    ICE plans to give officers gloves made in Kentucky that can deliver painful electric shocks (opens Foxlexington)

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    Foxlexington's feed description

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase conductive gloves designed to deliver electric shocks to gain compliance from combative individuals made in Lexington, Kentucky.

  8. PJ Media

  9. CBS News

    ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver electric shocks (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

  10. KEYT Santa Barbara

    ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on electrical shock gloves for agents (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and officers may soon be equipped with gloves that deliver electrical shocks, which the manufacturer says are intended to de-escalate encounters with individuals.

  11. KSNT Topeka

    ICE to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks (opens KSNT Topeka)

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    KSNT Topeka's feed description

    ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for officers and agents by March.

  12. The Daily Wire

    ICE Agents Could Soon Be Wearing Electric Shock Gloves (opens The Daily Wire)

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    The Daily Wire's feed description

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could soon take to the streets equipped with gloves that deliver painful electric shocks to combative arrest targets. The federal government plans to spend up to $20 million on thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” by March, …

  13. Newsweek

    ICE Agents Set To Wear Electric Shock Gloves: Here's How They Could Be Used (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on shock-delivering gloves for officers, triggering concerns among civil liberties advocates.

  14. The Boston Globe

    ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, according to DHS notice (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” by March, according to a DHS notice published Monday.

  15. Breitbart News

    Nolte: ICE to Receive Gloves that Deliver Electric Shock to De-Escalate Confrontations (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    ICE officers will soon receive gloves that deliver a painful electric jolt to those who choose to fight rather than comply.

  16. Jezebel

    ICE’s Newest Weapon Is a Pair of Electric-Shock Gloves (opens Jezebel)

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    Jezebel's feed description

    The most unsettling part of the technology is that it brags leaving no marks.

  17. Kentucky Lantern

    ICE to outfit agents with electric shock gloves from KY company in $20 million no-bid contract (opens Kentucky Lantern)

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    Kentucky Lantern's feed description

    Federal immigration agents may soon be outfitted with a device – electrical shock gloves – manufactured by a Kentucky company.

  18. Axios

    ICE plans to put electric-shock gloves on officers' hands (opens Axios)

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    Axios's feed description

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to begin using electric shock gloves designed to cause pain and disrupt a person's ability to react. The big picture: The gloves could give ICE officers a new way to use force as their tactics face intense scrutiny after several deaths and violent encounters…

  19. Border Report

    Electric-shock gloves in store for ICE officers (opens Border Report)

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    Border Report's feed description

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

  20. Truthout

    ICE Is Buying Up to $20 Million Worth of Electric Shock Gloves (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    The manufacturer says the gloves can allow ICE agents to force compliance within seconds.

  21. Pix11

    Electric shock gloves could subject ICE agents to prosecution in NY: Hochul (opens Pix11)

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    Pix11's feed description

    NEW YORK (PIX11) — The gloves are officially off in New York. Or, at least, they will have to come off the hands of federal agents. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James said the electric shock gloves that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers could be equipped with in the near…

  22. The Brunswick News

    ICE agents to be equipped with $20 million electric shock gloves (opens The Brunswick News)

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    The Brunswick News's feed description

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could soon be equipped with gloves that deliver electric shocks to subdue suspected undocumented immigrants or protesters as they carry out President Donald Trump’s controversial mass deportation campaign. The Department of Homeland Security plans to…

  23. The Real News Network

    ICE funding approved by Susan Collins and Trump GOP to deliver electric shock gloves to agents nationwide (opens The Real News Network)

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    The Real News Network's feed description

    “Congress must end the blank check to ICE,” said the president of one immigrant rights group.

  24. The Daily Caller

    ICE Plans To Spend Up To $20 Million Dollars On Taser Gloves (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    ‘Certainly an effective tool’

  25. Toledo Blade

    ICE officers to get gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks (opens Toledo Blade)

    Published

    Toledo Blade's feed description

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

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